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Tune in tonight to see Rocket Lab launch a Japanese satellite designed to showcase technology into orbit.
Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese technology-demonstrating satellite to orbit tonight (Image Credit: Space.com) Rocket Lab will launch a Japanese technology-demonstrating satellite tonight (Dec. 6), and you can watch the action live. A 59-foot-tall (18 meters) Electron rocket is scheduled to launch the “RAISE and Shine” mission from Rocket Lab‘s New Zealand site […]
NASA’s next-gen Roman Space Telescope is fully built. Could it launch earlier than expected? (Image Credit: Space.com) NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now fully assembled and ready to begin launch preparations this summer. The final integration of the telescope’s major observatory components took place on Nov. 25 inside NASA’s Goddard […]
Three astronauts begin their new life in orbit aboard the International Space Station this week in December
3 astronauts settle into their new life in orbit | On the International Space Station this week Dec. 1-5, 2025 (Image Credit: Space.com) The newly arrived and soon-to-depart crew members of Expedition 73 prepared for what is to come next during this, their final week all together aboard the International Space Station, […]
BlackSky CEO Brian O’Toole recognized as ‘Executive of the Year’ at the 2025 Greater Washington GovCon Awards.
Brian O’Toole BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) CEO Brian O’Toole was named “Executive of the Year” by the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Services Council (PSC) at the annual 2025 Greater Washington GovCon awards. The award recognized O’Toole in the $75 to $300 million annual revenue category for his contributions to […]
Qorvo provides wideband SSPAs as a dependable alternative to TWTAs, offering a more compact system size.
Qorvo® (Nasdaq: QRVO) has introduced four, wideband, solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs) for radar, SATCOM, electronic warfare (EW) and test applications. Qorvo’s newest SSPAs enable up to 50 percent smaller and one-third lighter system-level solutions compared to legacy traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs), supporting mission continuity and long-term reliability in demanding RF environments. As TWTA […]
NASA’s twin Sentinel-6B mission is set to launch aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from California.
SpaceX launched NASA’s Sentinel-6B mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, Sunday, November 16. Photo captured by Satnews. Sentinel-6B is the second of twin satellites in the Copernicus Sentinel-6/Jason-CS mission. The first, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, launched in November 2020. The mission continues a decades-long effort to […]
Included in the satellites is Spire’s next-generation Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder—a compact, space-ready sensor built to demonstrate global weather forecasting from space Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) has now shipped nine satellites, all designed and built by the company’s in-house manufacturing team, have journeyed to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California prior to their launch […]
Climate change effects on the Earth’s water cycle and the availability of water on our planet are the missions of the first European Space Agency Scout mission. Launched from Vandenberg SFB, the twin HydroGNSS smallsats were launched on November 28, 2025, as a payload within a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as a member of […]
The IRIDE constellation includes an additional 8 small satellites.
The Italian EO IRIDE program with OBH Italia as the prime has added eight satellites to their second constellation, Eaglet II. Italy’s Eaglet II smallsats being prepared for launch. Photo is courtesy of OHB Italia. The Eaglet II satellites lifted off on board a Falcon 9 rocket at 19:44 CET (10:44 local time), November […]